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ESPOO, Finland, Aug. 18, 2014 (Press Release) -Valmet has made a contract with Pratt Paper (IN), LLC for the supply of the paper machine for Pratt's new greenfield paper mill in Valparaiso area, Indiana, USA. The mill will utilize recovered paper in the production of recycled linerboard and corrugated medium.

The only complaint Pratt Industries' various variance requests garnered Thursday was from Tom Stoner, the farmer who sold the property on which Pratt is building its $200 million paper mill.
The city's Board of Zoning Appeals held a special noon meeting to hear the variance requests. Among the variances was one dealing with a reduction in the total number of trees and shrubs the company will be required to plant around the facility and along Anthony Pratt Drive, the new access road from Division Street.

BRUSSELS, Aug. 14, 2014 (PPI Europe) -Germany's Heidelberger Druckmaschinen (Heidelberg), one of the leading printing machinery suppliers in the world, is realigning its postpress portfolio, as in-house production at the group's sites in Germany is no longer competitive.

OAKLAND, Aug. 8, 2014 (PPI Pulp & Paper Week) -RockTenn (RKT) continues to upgrade its North American box plant system since the acquisition of Smurfit-Stone Container in 2011, closing 21 box plants over the past three years and increasing volume per plant by 8.9%, the company told analysts in its conference call last week.